The House of Assembly Channel is a cable television channel broadcast throughout much of Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, exclusively on cable. The channel first signed on the air on November 17, 2001.

Programming

The House of Assembly Channel broadcasts daily legislative proceedings from Newfoundland and Labrador whenever the House is sitting, as well as Saturday night Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...

 Sea-Hawks

Memorial Sea-Hawks

The Memorial Sea-Hawks are the athletic teams that represent Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada....

 men's and women's basketball home games, and any special programming produced by Memorial University of Newfoundland or Rogers TV and EastLink Television

EastLink Television

EastLink TV is Bragg Communications' brand for its community channels that serve Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario...

.

First broadcast

Because the fall sitting of the House of Assembly did not take place until November 19, the first program to be broadcast was on November 17 when the Memorial University

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...

 Sea-Hawks basketball teams played their first home game of the season against the Dalhousie

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

 Tigers.

Regional carriage

The following is a list of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador that receive the House of Assembly Channel on Rogers Cable

Rogers Cable

Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Manitoba, Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.The...

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• Botwood
  Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Northwest: Point LeamingtonNorth: Northern ArmNortheast: Bay of Exploits, Burnt Arm, LaurencetonWest: Division No. 6, Subd. CBotwoodEast: Bay of Exploits, Division No. 6, Subd. A...
  
  : 9
• Burnt Islands
  Burnt Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Burnt Islands is a small coastal community found in God Bay on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, Canada.- Summary :It is 27 kilometres east from Port-aux-Basques. This community consists of an "island" section and a "main" section that were connected by a causeway in 1969. The community is built...
  
  : 27
• Carmanville
  Carmanville, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Carmanville is a Canadian community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:Carmanville, on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland, was first settled by John Day, from Twillingate, and his family. The Day family trapped otter and fox and became friends with a family of Aboriginals...
  
  : 25
• Corner Brook
  Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Corner Brook is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada....
  
  : 62
• Deer Lake
  Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador
  -External links:*...
  
  : 12
• Gander
  Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Gander is a Canadian town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately south of Gander Bay, south of Twillingate and east of Grand Falls-Windsor...
  
  : 60
• Grand Falls-Windsor
  Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Grand Falls-Windsor is a town of 13,558 people located in the central region of the island of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is the largest in the central region, the fifth largest in the province, and is home to the annual Exploits Valley Salmon Festival...
  
  : 60
• Isle aux Morts
  Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Isle aux Morts is a small town on the Southwest Coast of the Island of Newfoundland, with a population of 813. It is an approximate 16 km drive from the Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal in Port aux Basques...
  
  : 26
• Musgrave Harbour
  Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Musgrave Harbour is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.-Geography:Located on the Kittiwake coast of the island of Newfoundland, the closest major centre is the town of Gander.-History:...
  
  : 25
• New-Wes-Valley
  Wesleyville, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Wesleyville is a small coastal community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located on the Straight Shore of the northeast coast of Newfoundland, near the communities of Greenspond and Newtown...
  
  : 26
• Pasadena
  Pasadena, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Pasadena is an incorporated town located in census division 5 which is in the western portion of Newfoundland, Canada and it is a picturesque community on the shores of Deer Lake at the junction of the North Arm Valley and the Humber Valley....
  
  : 62
• Port aux Basques
  Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of the island of Newfoundland fronting on the eastern end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of...
  
  : 21
• Rose Blanche: 26
• St. John's
  St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
  St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...
  
  : 61
• Witless Bay
  Witless Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Witless Bay is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 1070 in the Canada 2006 Census. It is connected to the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve....
  
  : 24

The following is a list of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador that receive the House of Assembly Channel on EastLink

EastLink (company)

EastLink is a Canadian cable television and telecommunications company. In 1970, EastLink was established in Amherst, Nova Scotia, when it was issued one of the first cable licences granted by the CRTC...

:

• Adam's Cove: 14
• Admirals Beach
  Admirals Beach, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Admirals Beach is a rural community located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Previously spelled Admiral's Beach, it is a fishing port located on the island of Newfoundland; specifically it is along a point of land in the southern Avalon Peninsula near Great Colinet Island fronting St...
  
  : 26
• Aguathuna
  Aguathuna, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Port au Port West – Aguathuna – Felix Cove is a small town located on the Port au Port Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland, Canada. The nearest large service area is Stephenville....
  
  : 4
• Anchor Point: 33
• Appleton
  Appleton, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Appleton is a Canadian town in the northeastern part of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.It is located in Division No. 6, on Gander Lake, south east of Glenwood...
  
  : 16
• Aquaforte
  Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Aquaforte is a Canadian town on the south shore of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
  
  : 35
• Argentia
  Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Argentia is a community on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated on a flat headland located along the southwest coast of the Avalon Peninsula on Placentia Bay...
  
  : 37
• Arnold's Cove
  Arnold's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Arnold's Cove is a Canadian town on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.It is in Division No. 1 on Placentia Bay. In 1864 there was one family. By 1893 there was a post office...
  
  : 36
• Aspen Cove
  Aspen Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Aspen Cove is a small fishing community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Formerly called Aspey or Apsey Cove, Aspen Cove was named for the presence of aspen trees in the area. It first appears in the 1857 Census as Apsey Cove with a population of thirteen, all dependent on the...
  
  : 26
• Avondale
  Avondale, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Avondale is a Canadian town located on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.The community is situated at the southwestern head of Conception Bay in Division No. 1. It is located southwest of St...
  
  : 14
• Bacon Cove
  Bacon Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bacon Cove is a fishing and farming settlement in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located south east of Bay Roberts. It had a population of 124 in 1956.-See also:*List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador...
  
  : 14
• Badger
  Badger, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Badger is a town in north-central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada on the Exploits River. It supplied pulp and paper for the mills in Grand Falls for many years and was famous for its large spring log drives. The town is located in the interior of the island, twenty miles west of...
  
  : 33
• Baie Verte
  Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Baie Verte is a town located on the northeast coast of the island portion of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the Baie Verte Peninsula.-Geography:...
  
  : 37
• Baine Harbour
  Baine Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Baine Harbour is a Canadian community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Incorporated as a "Government Community" in 1970, it is located northeast of Marystown....
  
  : 30
• Bareneed
  Bareneed, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bareneed is a Canadian settlement in Division No. 1, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located east of Bay Roberts, on a peninsula on the west side of Conception Bay....
  
  : 14
• Barr'd Island: 37
• Bauline
  Bauline, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bauline, also known as "Pauline with a B," is a small town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the Avalon Peninsula north of St. John's....
  
  : 30
• Bay d'Espoir: 35
• Bay de Verde
  Bay de Verde, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bay de Verde is an incorporated town in Conception Bay on the northern tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The first recorded inhabitants at Bay de Verde arrived in 1662. Bay de Verde became an incorporated town in 1950.-Geography:Bay de Verde is the northern...
  
  : 14
• Bay l'Argent
  Bay L'Argent, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bay L'Argent is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 287 in the Canada 2006 Census.In 2009, The Bay L'Argent town council made Newfoundland and Labrador history by having the first ever all-female elected council....
  
  : 39
• Bay Roberts
  Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bay Roberts is located on the north shore of Conception Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
  
  : 77
• Bayside: 31
• Baytona
  Baytona, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Baytona is a small rural community found in Newfoundland and Labrador. A bay separates Baytona from a neighboring town called Birchy Bay...
  
  : 27
• Bayview
  Bayview, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bayview is a collaboration of small fishing communities along the southern island of Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador. The communities within Bayview were formerly called Bluff Head Cove, Gillard's Cove, Manuel's Cove and Ragged Point...
  
  : 45
• The Beaches
  The Beaches, Newfoundland and Labrador
  The Beaches is a village located southwest of Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador.-See also:*List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador...
  
  : 31
• Beachside
  Beachside, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Beachside is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in Notre Dame Bay. The town had a population of 183 in the Canada 2006 Census. Consisting in the past primarily of fishermen and miners, as of now it mainly consists of small families and most of the men go away for work. It...
  
  : 27
• Bear Cove
  Bear Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Bear Cove can mean a number of places in Newfoundland and Labrador:* Bear Cove , Newfoundland and Labrador was a village on Rocky Harbour. It had a population of 144 in 1951 and 137 in 1956. Map = 49.36 / 57.56...
  
  : 33
• Beau Bois
  Beau Bois, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Beau Bois was a postal office and fishing settlement near Burin in 1911. It was 40 miles from Placentia and 190 miles from St. John's. There was one store and one hotel in 1911. It was around since 1864. The Way office was established in 1879 and the first Waymaster was George Dober...
  
  : 14
• Belleoram
  Belleoram, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Belleoram is a village on the shores of Fortune Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.The community sits on a narrow strip of land between the bay and steep hills....
  
  : 28
• Bellevue: 28
• Benoit's Cove: 37
• Birchy Bay
  Birchy Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Birchy Bay is a small community found in Notre Dame Bay in the province of Newfoundland.Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The name Birchy Bay is derived from the many birch trees which were found on its shores many years ago...
  
  : 28
• Brigus
  Brigus, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Brigus is a small fishing community located in Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Brigus was home to Captain Bob Bartlett and the location of his residence Hawthorne Cottage....
  
  : 14
• Calvert
  Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Calvert is an unincorporated Canadian settlement in the Ferryland District of Newfoundland and Labrador, on the Irish loop, 72 kilometres south of the provincial capital St. John's. It is 7 kilometres south of Cape Broyle, and 3 kilometres north of Ferryland...
  
  : 35
• Cape Broyle
  Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador
  The Town of Cape Broyle is an incorporated community located on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign....
  
  : 30
• Cape Ray
  Cape Ray, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Cape Ray is a small fishing community on the southwest coast of the Island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.- Geography :...
  
  : 26
• Clarenville
  Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Clarenville is a Canadian town on the east coast of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951 and is located in the Shoal Harbour valley fronting an arm of the Atlantic Ocean called Random Sound....
  
  : 53
• Codroy
  Codroy, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Codroy is a community in the Codroy Valley of Newfoundland and Labrador.Codroy is a village with around 50 inhabitants. It has one corner store.-References:*...
  
  : 28
• Conception Harbour
  Conception Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Conception Harbour is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1 on Conception Bay.According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:*Population: 801*% Change : -9.8*Dwellings: 353...
  
  : 14
• Flat Bay
  Flat Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Flat Bay is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador....
  
  : 27
• Grand Bank
  Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada or 'Grand Banc' as the first French settlers pronounced it, is a small rural town with a population of 2,580. It is located on the southern tip or "toe" of the Burin Peninsula , 360 km from the province's capital of St...
  
  : 37
• Goose Bay: 21
• Harbour Grace
  Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Harbour Grace is a town in Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With roots dating back to the sixteenth century, it is one of the oldest towns in North America. It is located about 45 km northwest of the provincial capital, St. John's...
  
  : 61
• Hant's Harbour
  Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
  The community of Hant's Harbour is an incorporated town having a population of 401 located on the east side of Trinity Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.-Geography:...
  
  : 14
• New Chelsea: 14
• New Melbourne: 14
• Brownsdale
  Brownsdale, Newfoundland and Labrador
  New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove is a designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, consisting of five unincorporated fishing villages on the Trinity Bay side of the northern tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula.The area had a population of 541 in...
  
  : 14
• Sibley's Cove: 14
• Lead Cove: 14
• Harbour Main: 14
• Holyrood
  Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Holyrood is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1, on Conception Bay. During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign....
  
  : 14
• Jeffrey's
  Jeffrey's, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Jeffrey's was a village located south west of Stephenville on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada. It had a population of 260 in 1951.-See also:* List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador...
  
  : 33
• Lewisporte
  Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland Island, Canada, with a population of 3,312. It is situated in a bay close to the mouth of the Exploits River. Lewisporte has an excellent port and related facilities that serve the many communities along Notre Dame Bay. Gander and its international...
  
  : 45
• Lower Island Cove
  Lower Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Lower Island Cove is an incorporated town located on the Bay de Verde Peninsula on the north shore of Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is a fishing community that has seen a decrease in residents since the cod moratorium.-History:...
  
  : 14
• Mainland
  Mainland, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Mainland is a community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the western shore of the Port au Port Peninsula near Cape St. George....
  
  : 28
• Marches Point: 34
• Margaree
  Margaree, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Margaree is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador....
  
  : 28
• Marystown
  Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Marystown is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador with a population of 5,436 . Situated 306 km from the province's capital, St. John's, it is on the Burin Peninsula. Up until the early 1990s, its economy was largely based on shipbuilding, and it is due in part to this...
  
  : 14
• Placentia
  Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Placentia is a town on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, consisting of the amalgamated communities of Jerseyside, Townside, Freshwater, Dunville and Argentia...
  
  : 37
• Riverhead
  Riverhead, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Riverhead was a small village of 20 families in 1864. It is now a town in the St. Mary's area with a population of over 400 by 1968.-See also:*List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador...
  
  : 27
• Springdale
  Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Springdale is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which had a population of 2,764 in the Canada 2006 Census. The community is located on the North-Western shores of Hall's Bay, in Central Newfoundland, near the mouth of Indian River...
  
  : 45
• St. Anthony
  St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador
  -Attractions:* Is a popular tourist destination known for its whale watching.Dr. Wilfred Grenfell's work in St. Anthony is commemorated by several historic sites and museums, including:...
  
  : 38
• St. David's
  St. David's, Newfoundland and Labrador
  St. David's is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador....
  
  : 26
• St. George's: 36
• Stephenville
  Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Stephenville is a Canadian town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland....
  
  : 4
• Twillingate
  Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Twillingate is a town of 2,448 people located on the Twillingate Islands in Notre Dame Bay. It is located off the northeastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was incorporated on September 30, 1965. The town is about north of Lewisporte and...
  
  : 45

In Labrador City

Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador

Labrador City is a town in western Labrador , near the Quebec border. As of 2006, its population is 7,240...

 and Wabush

Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador

Wabush is a small town in the western tip of Labrador, known for transportation and iron ore operations for over three decades ....

, the Community Recreation Rebroadcasting Service carries the House of Assembly Channel on channel 18.

External links

• House of Assembly Channel official website